New York City Comptroller John Liu has a 38 - 35 percent job approval rating, down from a
high of 57 - 14 percent May 11 and 50 - 23 percent October 19, according to a Quinnipiac
University poll released today.

Liu's standing in a list of possible 2013 mayoral contenders is little changed, the
independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University poll finds.

When New York City voters are asked, however, about whether citywide elected
officials would make a good mayor, voters say:

39 - 37 percent that City Council Speaker Christine Quinn would make a good mayor;

33 - 22 percent that Public Advocate Bill de Blasio would not make a good mayor;

"New York City Comptroller John Liu has been in the news a lot, in a bad way. All those
negative stories about his fundraising have zapped his job-approval numbers," said Maurice
Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. "And voters say almost 2-1 that
he would not be a good mayor.

"City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio have OK job
approval ratings, but voters don't seem enchanted with the prospect of either elected official as
mayor.

"When you line them all up, Speaker Quinn is number one - unless Police Commissioner
Ray Kelly jumps into the ring."

If Kelly runs for mayor in 2013, he leads the pack with 24 percent of New York City
voters, including 16 percent of Democrats. Other results are:

"Whatever the polls in other places show, New Yorkers like President Barack Obama,"
Carroll said.

From December 7 - 12, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,242 registered voters with a
margin of error of +/- 2.8 percentage points. Live interviewers call land lines and cell phones.

The Quinnipiac University Poll, directed by Douglas Schwartz, Ph.D., conducts public
opinion surveys in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, Ohio, Virginia
and the nation as a public service and for research.
For more data or RSS feed- http://www.quinnipiac.edu/polling.xml, call (203) 582-5201, or
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4. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Bill de Blasio is handling his job as Public Advocate?

10. Now I'm going to name eight people who might run for mayor in 2013. After I read all eight names, please tell me which one you would most like to see elected mayor in 2013. Here are the choices: Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, City Comptroller John Liu, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, former City Comptroller William Thompson, Publisher Tom Allon or Public Advocate Bill de Blasio?

TREND: Now I'm going to name eight people who might run for mayor in 2013. After I read all eight names, please tell me which one you would most like to see elected mayor in 2013. Here are the choices: Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, City Comptroller John Liu, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, former City Comptroller William Thompson, Publisher Tom Allon or Public Advocate Bill de Blasio?